Mary Evans Riots at Salter Hebble, Halifax 12688998

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Picture No	12688998
Date	1842
Description	Riots at Salter Hebble, Halifax
Details	Disturbances at Salter Hebble in Halifax, part of the 1842 general strike, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, The riots started among the miners in Staffordshire, England, and soon spread through Britain affecting factories, mills in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall. In the case of Halifax, mounted troops were drafted in from Leeds and the engraving shows some of the mob attacking them.
Source	Unattributed engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 27 August 1842, page 245
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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